2 Maccabees 14:33-35

New Catholic Bible

³³ he stretched out his right hand toward the temple and swore this oath: “If you do not hand over Judas to me as a prisoner, I shall level this shrine of God to the ground and destroy the altar, and on this very spot, I will erect a splendid temple to Dionysus.”

³⁴ Having issued this threat, he then left, whereupon the priests stretched out their hands to heaven and prayed to the constant defender of our nation in these words: ³⁵ “O Lord of all, though you are in need of nothing, it has pleased you that there should be a temple for your dwelling place among us.